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Doc755 said:

I loved The Winter Soldier when I first saw it. I was itching to discuss the film as soon as I left the theatre. Of course, at that time Veknoid was hating on the film and it took me a few years of praising it before he rewatched it and did an about face. I loved the action. I loved the character moments. I don’t think anyone is wasted. I was excited going in based on the trailers alone which gave the film a different feel. It looked like a political thriller wrapped in a superhero packaging. I had been disappointed with Iron Man 3 and pleasantly surprised by The Dark World, so going into Winter Soldier I was conflicted. But it was a thrilling ride and held up under subsequent viewings. See you on the other side!

Heh, most of "Phase 2" is a time period where I was just about through with Marvel.  I was pretty disappointed with both the Avengers and Iron Man 3, so I decided to skip seeing Winter Soldier in the theaters.  Why?  I don't know.  I always loved the first Cap movie, but so much of what I loved was the WWII/40s setting, so I wasn't interested in Winter Soldier.  I was also convinced that Marvel had jumped the shark by even releasing a Guardians of the Galaxy movie.  "Who is going to care about these D-List characters?"  So I didn't see Guardians originally either.  Thor 2 wasn't even on my radar.   A buddy had to tell me it came out a couple of years after the fact.

Luckily I had a cheap theater in my city back when these movies were semi-current.  So I saw Winter Soldier maybe 6 - 9 months after it released.  Loved it.  When I found out Guardians was the highest grossing movie that year, I decided to give it a shot too many months after release.  Loved it.  Marvel had totally won me back.  I even loved Avengers 2, which surprised me, because I wasn't too big a fan of Avengers 1 at the time. 

Basically, during Phase 2 the MCU totally won me over.  Now I am the biggest MCU fanboy.  But at the time, I didn't even want to give them another chance.